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Tongues are wagging in Ohio about who might replace JD Vance as U.S. senator should he become vice president in January 2025, which becomes increasingly likely with every passing day. AdvertisementThe Ohio Revised Code gives the governor, in this case Mike "Wear the Mask, Peasant" DeWine, power to appoint a replacement until a special election is held in November 2026. The winner would serve out Vance's term, which ends in 2028.I told my colleague Stephen Kruiser that Ohio is "very cat-fighty." There are political rivalries going back decades, loyalty tests, and enough backstabbing to rival the mob (without the murders......

For most of the first 24 hours after Donald Trump was shot on Saturday, we hear little to nothing in the way of official statements from the Secret Service, particularly Director Kimberly Cheatle. That was perhaps understandable given that it had been a chaotic situation and it would clearly take some time to sort out what went wrong. Meanwhile, there was plenty of finger-pointing going on. Finally, on Monday, Cheatle broke cover and spoke to ABC News. She seemed to start out strong, declaring, "The buck stops with me." She went on to describe her unit's response to the attack...

Robyn Rogers, 44, was arrested on Thursday, July 11 and charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, among other charges

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic priest denies Communion to pro-abortion Irish politicianFather Gabriel Burke denied Holy Communion to Fine Gael Minister Colm Burke because the politician voted for the murder of the unborn in abortion. ‘I told him that nobody was entitled to receive Communion,’ the priest said.WHITECHURCH, Ireland (LifeSiteNews) — An Irish pro-abortion politician was refused Holy Communion by a Catholic priest during a funeral service.Father Gabriel Burke denied Communion to Fine Gael Minister Colm Burke during a Requiem Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Whitechurch, a village close to Cork City, on July 12. Father Burke told local news outlet...

An apology is a good start, but it might portend a bad finish ... for Democrats. Over the weekend, Jack Black and Kyle Gass drew a deluge of condemnation over Gass' quip on stage. Just hours after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, their Tenacious D act took the stage in Sydney, Australia. The show included a birthday celebration for Gass, during which he wished, "Don't miss Trump next time." After Australian politicians began demanding their deportation, Black announced that the entire world tour would be canceled, and that his partnership with Gass would be suspended indefinitely. But that has...

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Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 @AdamKinzinger The Trump campaign and surrogates will try to intimidate Biden supporters from going after the former President politically. Do not let up. Trump is a threat to democracy and he must be stopped.

Flying the unfriendly skies. Unless you’ve never been on an airplane, you have a story about a nightmare flight. Last month I was on a flight home. We landed on time, but the plane slowed and stopped within 200 feet of the terminal. There was no gate open so we waited. And waited. And waited. The pilot kept telling us “15 minutes,” but it ended up being an hour until a gate opened and we deboarded. I’ve had flights canceled and relayed for hours. Most of my flights have been uneventful. I’ve met and talked with a lot of nice...

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to remove the statue of former President George Washington from the hallway outside the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall in a move that, a top aide said Tuesday, has nothing to do with the first president’s role as a slave owner. Ronnie Reese, Johnson’s communications director, said the statue “is being removed from the hallway outside the mayor’s office as we make updates to some areas around City Hall.” Reese said there is no timetable yet for the removal. He wouldn’t say if it would be moved to a new home or...

President Joe Biden is seriously considering publicly endorsing major reforms at the Supreme Court, a move that would make him the first sitting president in generations to back seismic changes to the way the nation’s highest court operates, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations. Chief among the changes Biden is planning to publicly back are term limits for the nine justices, who currently serve lifetime appointments. The president is also said to be preparing to throw his support behind an ethics code for the court that would contain an enforcement mechanism, which was notably absent from the code...

SARVER, Pa. — The heartbroken widow of Corey Comperatore, the hero firefighter shot dead by a sniper at a Donald Trump rally, wanted nothing to do with President Biden when he called after the tragedy, she told The Post. “I didn’t talk to Biden,” Helen Comperatore said from her Pennsylvania home Monday. “I didn’t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.”

Desperate to turn around his collapsing re-election effort, Joe Biden is hitting at the far-left highlights as we head into the thick of campaign season. On Tuesday, the president addressed the NAACP, or as he called it during his speech, the "NAAC." ALSO SEE: Biden in Michigan Forgets Names, Rambles Incoherently, and Gets HeckledThe moment I saw he was using a regular teleprompter and not his jumbotron, I knew there'd be issues. BIDEN: "NAAC" pic.twitter.com/5DUaos4EUH— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 16, 2024I just want to pull this guy aside and ask him why he's always shouting. In his recent interview with...

The last month has been disastrous for President Joe Biden and Democrats' hopes of maintaining the White House in 2024. As of Monday night, that month just got a whole lot worse. Tara Reade, who accused President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her when the president was still a senator, has returned to the U.S. and is moving to pursue criminal charges against the president for his alleged crimes against her. ---------------------------------------- "Many people have said, 'What was I scared of,'" Reade said. "Now, after seeing what happened to Trump, now do you understand why I felt I had to...

The sound is out in the first 20 seconds, but he fixes it.Every question and/or conspiracy theory is approached and discussedRobert Gouveia is a criminal defense attorney and is VERY involved with everything Trump

Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed while attending a rally for Donald J. Trump for the first time. The widow of the slain victim in Saturday’s shooting in Pennsylvania spoke with former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, she said in a social media post. “He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,” Helen Comperatore wrote, adding that she had told the former president that her husband, Corey Comperatore, “left this world a hero, and God welcomed him in.” Mr. Comperatore’s sister, Kelly Comperatore Meeder, said members of the family had...

No one knows why the post didn’t show up Just broke the news on Donald Trump Jrs Rumble live show with Tucker Carlson He said he was going to break the news on his show with Tucker coming up here soon but did it just now .. I linked the upcoming live Bongino/Tucker show starting at 7:15pm

Big Tech consumes more than many countries.. Tech giants Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh each of electricity during 2023, surpassing the consumption of more than 100 countries, new research has claimed. Analysis by Michael Thomas, shared on X, claims both Google and Microsoft consumed the same amount of energy as Azerbaijan, which has an estimated GDP of $78.7 billion. Google’s 2023 revenue stood at $307.4 billion, and Microsoft’s at $211.9 billion. The massive energy usage underscores the substantial environmental impact of these companies. But it also serves as a reminder of their sheer scale, and the positive impact...

Tech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is expected tonight to make the case for Donald Trump directly to Black voters, immigrants and young voters while framing former president as a candidate who can best unite the country, according to an excerpt of his prepared remarks shared with CNN by a Ramaswamy aide. Ramaswamy, who ran against Trump in the Republican primary before dropping out and endorsing him in January, is expected to dedicate a portion of his remarks at the Republican National Convention to addressing groups of voters who traditionally support Democratic candidates. Ramaswamy is expected to...

[H/T Norsky]ransomnote: Below, Michale Yon's video clip post on X, followed by a gif of the key part of the linked video, along with my notes.https://x.com/Michael_Yon/status/1813056780790034838ransomnote: I recommend viewing the original 1 minute video clip Michael Yon posted on X with the sound turned up to hear the narration. I will put a gif and my notes on the narration below, along with Michael Yon's original X post.Video Narrator: video clip begins with what appears to be a Secret Service Agent suggesting a few bystanders move to the side of the platform. The narrator points out the Secret Service agent...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Korea's intelligence service, the Justice Department said. Sue Mi Terry accepted luxury goods, including fancy handbags, and expensive dinners at sushi restaurants in exchange for advocating South Korean government positions during media appearances, sharing nonpublic information with intelligence officers and facilitating meetings between U.S. and South Korean government officials, according to an indictment filed in federal court in Manhattan. She also admitted to the FBI that she served as a source of information for...